Similar, akin, comparable (KAHM-pur-uh-buul), corresponding partially,
sharing some aspects of form, function, or content.
An analogy is a partial similarity, likeness, or resemblance that allows for
a comparison between things: You can draw an analogy between the
human brain and a computer, between the human heart and a mechanical
pump, or between an airplane and a bird.
When we see an analogy between two things, we say they are analogous
, similar but not entirely alike, comparable in some respects.
Analogous
does not apply to things that are identical. For example, brains and
computers and birds and airplanes differ markedly in all but a few ways, but
in those ways they are analogous.
When things are analogous they share certain features or particulars; they
are similar enough to form the basis for a comparison. If you say your
company's management style is analogous to Japanese management
style, you mean the styles are alike in some respects but not in others. If
you tell a coworker that your job descriptions are analogous, you mean they
are similar, comparable, alike in certain ways.
王二狗Mark
Similar, akin, comparable (KAHM-pur-uh-buul), corresponding partially, sharing some aspects of form, function, or content. An analogy is a partial similarity, likeness, or resemblance that allows for a comparison between things: You can draw an analogy between the human brain and a computer, between the human heart and a mechanical pump, or between an airplane and a bird. When we see an analogy between two things, we say they are analogous , similar but not entirely alike, comparable in some respects.
王二狗Mark
Analogous does not apply to things that are identical. For example, brains and computers and birds and airplanes differ markedly in all but a few ways, but in those ways they are analogous. When things are analogous they share certain features or particulars; they are similar enough to form the basis for a comparison. If you say your company's management style is analogous to Japanese management style, you mean the styles are alike in some respects but not in others. If you tell a coworker that your job descriptions are analogous, you mean they are similar, comparable, alike in certain ways.